Demystifying Data

01 - Introduction

Mick Cooney

2022-09-08

Introduction

Who Am I?


Former quant


Insurance


Specialty risks

Nerd

Key Concepts

The Big Short


“The truth is like poetry–


– and most people f**king hate poetry,”

Change


Uncertainty

Three Ideas


Uncertainty


Simplicity


Culture

Uncertainty

Simplicity

Great Goalscorer


vs


Scorer of Great Goals

Culture

Why Bother?

Great Question!

Jack of all trades and master of none…

… is oftentimes better than master of one

Data is the new oil. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so data must be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.

Summary

Culture

Thank You



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